Saraswat Vidyalaya is an educational institution located in Khorlim,

Mapusa Mapusa () is a city in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the state capital of Panaji. The city is the headquarters of Bardez taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. During Portuguese Indi ...

, Goa, India. It was founded as a primary school by the Saraswat Education Society in March 1911, and gave instruction in the

Marathi language Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Guj ...

. The original school building near to Mapusa police station survives and was repurposed as a bank after the school moved to Khorlim. Saraswat Vidyalaya is now a high school with feeder units of pre-primary and primary. On the same site, the Society also manages Purushottam Walawalkar Higher Secondary School, founded in 1988 and Sridora Caculo (formerly Saraswat Vidyalaya’s) College of Commerce & Management Studies, established in 1991. In June 1984, the society has established Swar-Shrungar, a music school where tabla, harmonium, flute and vocal music are taught. Besides the general streams, the higher secondary manages vocational courses in Auto Engineering Technology, Office Secretaryship/

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. From June 1990, the management has established an Institute of Management and Human Resources Development that conducts short term job oriented courses. A new study center of Yeshwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University has also been added with the four year degree course in

Horticulture Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...

. From June 2000 B.B.A degree course has been started that caters to the needs of youth from

North Goa North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnatak ...

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Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.
Education in North Goa district Educational institutions established in 1911 1911 establishments in India High schools and secondary schools in Goa